Worker sustained hand injury when clearing a jam
DH Manufacturing, located in Houston, B.C., has been fined $41,281 by WorkSafeBC.
WorkSafeBC investigated an incident at this firm's wood products manufacturing facility where a worker sustained a serious injury.
The worker was clearing a jam in a planer and the worker's hand contacted the energized cutting head.
WorkSafeBC determined that work practices at this site were to allow planer cutting heads to run while jams were cleared.
The firm failed to ensure that machinery was locked out before maintenance work was done, a high-risk violation.
Source: WorkSafeBC
